Chapter 772 Celebration Dinner

The half-century anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China coincided with the eve of the millennium, so it was impossible for a simple military parade to end.

The mass celebrations will not end immediately after the one-hour official part, but there will be a part where you can really have fun.

Especially after the lifting of martial law, the people who were originally locked up at home or were previously responsible for live performances and could not get away can also participate.

Many teams have some celebrity representatives, such as well-known athletes, actors, artists and the like.

For ordinary people in this era of relatively scarce entertainment means, no Internet and no short video live broadcast, these people are still relatively mysterious.

It is a rare opportunity to get in touch with real people.

It must not be let go casually.

However, this is a real "everyone's fun".

Most people who can go to the viewing platform have more important things to do...

"Xiao Qin, what's the matter with the one you said will definitely sell out?"

In a media interview car, Liu Jianshe put the equipment bag in the trunk, then got into the driver's seat, started the car and asked Qin Chengbang who was fiddling with a laptop in the passenger seat next to him.

Logically speaking, when the two of them, a deputy editor-in-chief and a deputy editor-in-chief, go out to do things, they must be assigned a driver, but every pass for the National Day ceremony, even if it doesn't allow entry to the inner field, is difficult to get, so they can only go by themselves.

"Remember the time we went to the Xiangzhou Air Show?"

Qin Chengbang stared at the computer screen, typing rapidly on the keyboard, and he had obviously started writing:

"The reason why the news went viral was that in addition to your prediction that there would be new aircraft models at the air show, there was another key point, which was that the turbojet 14 engine that the public had been speculating about was directly displayed publicly, and the performance parameters on the display board were proven to be reliable through the flight performance. This is a huge encouragement for the vast majority of people in China who pay attention to aviation, or at least are interested in aviation."

In this day and age, most people can only get information through radio and television and traditional paper media, and these two channels are not optimistic in terms of information volume and timeliness.

Things like "whether xx aircraft uses xx engine" can cause netizens from different factions to argue for many years 20 years later, let alone in the 1990s.

Especially the J-8, which changed from turbojet 7 to turbojet 14, and changed three major models and seven or eight sub-models along the way, plus the traditional art of many media to randomly match pictures, it is actually impossible for outsiders to argue about the first, second, or third.

But for most of the 1990s, the J-8 was one of the few things that Chinese military fans could pay attention to and discuss. There was no new Xiao Tiantian to replace it. It was definitely a top-tier fighter.

Therefore, at the air show that year, the official directly confirmed the mass production and service of the turbojet 14, and the influence was absolutely full.

"Well..."

Liu Jianshe has now given up explaining that "I was completely guessing at the time", and just nodded, motioning the other party to continue.

"Just now I found that the two outermost aircraft in the domestically produced new generation fighter formation today used new engines that I had never seen before... In fact, I had never heard of them."

Qin Chengbang originally wanted to explain in detail, but the professional cameras at this time all use film, and there is no way to directly see what is photographed before it is developed.

"This can't be considered an official confirmation, right?"

Liu Jianshe started the car, quickly put it in reverse gear and prepared to leave:

"I remember that time we specifically displayed the engine and wrote a big sign."

"Of course not, but it is because we can't that we have room to play."

Qin Chengbang is now obviously much more proficient in business. Combined with his grasp of the psychology of the reader group and a little professionalism, it is well deserved that his magazine can become popular:

"I will write the manuscript about this engine before I get off work tonight. After I go back, I will ask the printing factory to work overtime. It would be best if the analysis article can be published tomorrow."

"Shouldn't the focus be on the magazine?"

For Liu Jianshe, newspaper space is actually not very important. Most of his income comes from special issues of magazines.

"I'm just warming up the magazine."

Qin Chengbang's thoughts flowed like a spring. While he was talking, he had already typed almost half a page of content:

"Our newspaper is black and white, and the layout is limited. We can only put one or two blurry photos on it, and you can't see anything at all. Once the analysis article is published tomorrow, I guarantee that everyone who is interested will want to read the follow-up, and then advertise our magazine at the end of the article... Hey, you should prepare to reprint, maybe you can publish another supplement..."

Because their magazine is a picture album, it uses coated paper, which is not very common in this era, for high-definition printing. The price is as high as 20 yuan per copy, which is a level that requires grit before buying. Except for some enthusiasts, most people buy in batches or buy together.

So it is necessary to raise user expectations in advance——

This idea is not backward even in the Internet age, and Liu Jianshe was stunned.

But the latter had one good thing. Although he didn't know much about the business, he basically didn't interfere with the work and accepted Qin Chengbang's ideas directly.

However, while the car was queuing at the exit of the parking lot, he still looked up at Qin Chengbang's computer screen.

He found that he had already written down the estimate of the performance of the new engine.

"Didn't you say you've never heard of it before? Why is it written in such detail?"

Talking about this topic, Qin Chengbang finally raised his head slightly and smiled:

"I really haven't heard of it, but I can guess."

"You think, since the installation target is the J-11, that is, the domestic Su-27, then it is reasonable to analyze that the performance of the engine should also be comparable to the AL31F."

"Let's speculate again. Since Project No. 11 has introduced the Su-27 production line, is it possible that the AL31F technology is also in the introduction project, but it has never been made public?"

"So, I reasonably speculate that this model should be developed on the basis of the AL31F, which means that the performance should be better, close to the level of the improved AL31F..."

...

At this time, Chang Haonan didn't know that his WS-10 had been analyzed in two completely different, but very outrageous technical sources in Europe and Asia.

For him, the military parade was just the first activity on National Day.

According to convention, there will be some visiting activities in the afternoon, but fortunately, the Aviation Power Group is a newborn company that has only been established for three months, and there are no retired old leaders, so this can be ignored.

But he still has to attend the afternoon celebration dinner and the subsequent evening art performance.

However, the threshold for these two activities is much higher than the military parade.

People like Zhou Li and Chang Yuanchao will definitely not be able to participate.

However, for the old couple, being able to personally go to Beijing to watch a military parade in their lifetime is already satisfactory.

The two did not even ask Chang Haonan to send them back.

So the latter, along with many guests from other places who came to Beijing, was uniformly sent to the Great Hall to rest.

After lunch, because Chang Haonan did not have the habit of taking a nap, he strolled around the lounge and digested his food.

But at this time, he suddenly heard a voice from behind.

"Mr. Chang?"

He turned around and saw a middle-aged man who was estimated to be in his fifties, but his hair was half white.

The face looked familiar, but he couldn't figure out where he had seen it before.

He had no choice but to lower his head and glance at the ID card on the other person's head.

"Oh... Mr. Lin, long time no see..."

Lin Qing, the model chief designer of the 701 Institute of China Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group.

The two had met at the 1996 Xiangzhou Air Show. At that time, the latter was worried about the selection of the new generation of domestic frigates. He happened to see the turbojet 14 that Chang Haonan and his team brought to the exhibition, and hoped that the aviation industry system could develop a light marine gas turbine with a high enough localization rate based on it.

That was the QC130 that Yan Zhongcheng took the lead in later.

However, because Chang Haonan did not participate in the aviation fuel conversion project, the two never met directly again after that.

It has only been three years, but Lin Qing looks like he has aged ten years. Obviously, he is under a lot of work pressure.

Chang Haonan turned around and shook hands with the other party.

"You guys have brought out all your treasures today..."

He quickened his pace and walked to Chang Haonan's side.

He was talking about the domestic third-generation aircraft.

The army has a new main battle tank, the air force has a new fighter, and the navy...

The navy has received a batch of new amphibious infantry fighting vehicles.

Everyone has a bright future.

"It's not a treasure..."

Chang Haonan smiled and shook his head:

"They are all old projects from two or three years ago. The real family assets cannot be revealed casually..."

This is really not his Versailles.

Because the improved J-11B and the new J-10, which can be said to have been reborn, are progressing smoothly and will soon begin intensive testing.

In fact, Chang Haonan is looking forward to it.

The slightly sudden public appearance of the J-10 this time is expected to make everyone think that the Air Force will soon, or even has already equipped this model.

Especially those foreign institutions that do open source intelligence analysis.

And when they analyze the original form of the J-10...

It is estimated that the improved version will be unveiled.

I don’t know how upset they would be at that time.

Lin Qing was speechless——

Do you think this is human language?

In terms of naval equipment, the “new” warship is still the 052 that was put into service in 1994…

But in the eyes of the aviation industry system, the project two or three years ago is already an old project?

Be a human being!

So he had to talk about something else:

"Speaking of which, Mr. Chang, I heard that you have taken on a big project from Hudong Factory?"

This sudden change of topic made Chang Haonan stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the other party was talking about Torch Group:

"Yes, Hudong Factory wants to cooperate with the French to build liquefied natural gas ships, and some technical details are entrusted to us to solve."

"That's a coincidence."

Lin Qing pretended to be surprised and said:

"Do you still remember the new frigate I told you about when we met last time?"

Chang Haonan nodded.

How could I forget this.

The famous 054.

And it was the original 054 that was abandoned in the previous life due to technical and cost reasons.

The one with full fuel power and 3K95 vertical launch (Haijidaoer).

After a little preparation, Lin Qing showed his true intention:

"In June this year, the keel of the first ship has been laid at the Hudong Factory. I should be stationed at the factory in the second half of the year. If you go to Hudong, you can also take time to take a look. After all, the gas turbine used on it was developed by you."

Chang Haonan stopped and turned his head to look at Lin Qing.

He was going to say that he might not be responsible for the LNG matter personally.

But then he thought, even if he was not responsible for it personally, the cooperation between Torch Group and Hudong Factory was also the first cooperation between Aviation Power Group and Shipbuilding Industry Group.

He must go.

So he nodded.

Besides, asking me to see the ship was probably not the main purpose.

It was probably some cooperation to discuss.

In fact, his guess was right.

Since the first time he saw Chang Haonan, Lin Qing recognized that this young man was extraordinary.

At that time, he even thought about whether he should recruit him to the shipbuilding industry system when he graduated.

His idea was simple - although Chang Haonan was studying at Beijing Aviation University, no one had ever stipulated that graduates from the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics must work in aviation. By then, it should not be difficult to get a freshly graduated PhD to come over if he offered a higher salary and promised some other benefits.

As it turned out, his estimate of "unusual" was too conservative.

In his first year of PhD studies, he had already become the chief model designer and the head of a second-tier state-owned enterprise next door.

By the time he graduated, he had already become a member of the leadership team of the Aviation Power Group.

How could he be recruited?

He could only try to find ways to insinuate himself and cooperate on projects.